Cartel conflict and politics took many twisted turns between the 1994 election of Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León and the emergence of the ultra-violent Zetas.
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Speaking at the Park Sheraton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in September 1962, Dr. King spoke about the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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All these years later “White Christmas” has an evanescent ability to touch us across time, and we think of the "snow" as being a metaphor for peace and love.
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Much is remembered about Nov. 22, 1963, but much is forgotten as well.
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As the nation remembers JFK fifty years later, I wonder what he would make of us now?
Read More »50th Anniversary of JFK’s Assassination – The Agony and the Legacy
We mourn the passing of a legend. JFK – the rock star president and political comet that soared ever too briefly across the nation's sky.
Read More »You Are There: CBS to Stream Its Kennedy Assassination Coverage Real Time
CBSNews.com will stream its historic coverage in real time beginning at 1:48 p.m. ET November 22, the exact moment when the network broke into regularly scheduled
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It’s been over 400 years, this black burden. That’s a long time; how far have we come?
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